联合国项目署执行主任豪尔赫·莫雷拉·达·席尔瓦周六告诉法新社，尼泊尔毁灭性的洪水应该成为全球气候行动的转折点，国际社会应帮助这个喜马拉雅国家恢复。
Nepal's devastating floods should be a turning point for global climate action, with the international community helping the Himalayan nation recover, a top UN official told Agence France-Presse Saturday.
该国在8月26日遭遇历史上最严重的灾难之一，中国边境附近的山体滑坡引发灾难性洪水，造成超过1400人死亡，超过5000人失踪。科学家表示，气候变化在这场灾难中发挥了重要作用。
The country suffered one of the worst disasters in its history on Aug. 26, when a mountain collapse near the China border triggered catastrophic floods that killed more than 1,400 people and left over 5,000 missing. Scientists said climate change played a significant role in that disaster.
豪尔赫·莫雷拉·达·席尔瓦表示，他在访问受灾社区期间目睹了“巨大的破坏”。
Jorge Moreira da Silva, executive director of the UN Office for Project Services, which implements humanitarian and development projects, said he had witnessed "massive devastation" during a visit to affected communities.
尼泊尔是一个农村人口占多数的国家，人口3000万，对全球温室气体排放的贡献甚微，该国估计重建成本将达47.8亿美元。
Nepal, a largely rural country of 30 million people that contributes little to global greenhouse gas emissions, estimates reconstruction will cost $4.78 billion.
“这不仅是尼泊尔的关键时刻，也是国际社会的关键时刻，”莫雷拉·达·席尔瓦在加德满都对法新社表示。
"This is a defining moment not only for Nepal, this is a defining moment for the international community," Moreira da Silva told AFP in Kathmandu.
“要求一个几乎不排放二氧化碳的国家独自承担它并未制造的后果是不公平的，”他补充道。
"It's not fair to ask a country that emits almost nothing of CO2 to suddenly pay alone the consequence of something that was not generated by the country," he added.
“这就是为什么全球团结必须融入这一方程式的原因。”莫雷拉·达·席尔瓦表示，重建和安置必须考虑未来的气候风险，而国际社会必须“重新承诺应对气候”。“这也关乎气候正义和气候责任，”他警告说，低排放国家将继续承受气候变化的主要冲击。
"That's why it's fundamental that global solidarity is brought to this equation." Moreira da Silva said reconstruction and resettlement must account for future climate risks, while the international community must "renew its commitment to climate." "It's also about climate justice and climate responsibility," he said, warning that low-emitting countries would continue to bear the brunt of climate change.
“除非那些排放最多的国家……改变其发展路径，否则这种情况将继续发生，”他说。
"This is going to happen unless those countries that emit the most ... change their pathway," he said.
莫雷拉·达·席尔瓦表示，尼泊尔正在重建，而全球范围内的动荡正威胁着粮食安全。他还领导联合国霍尔木兹海峡特别工作组。
Moreira da Silva said Nepal was rebuilding as global disruptions threatened food security. He also leads the UN task force for the Strait of Hormuz.
“同时扰乱三个海上冲击点……霍尔木兹海峡、黑海和红海，构成重大挑战，特别是对粮食安全而言，”他说。
"The simultaneous disruption of the three maritime shock points ... the Strait of Hormuz, in the Black Sea and in the Red Sea, poses a significant challenge, particularly on food security," he said.
联合国及其人道主义伙伴上月发起了4960万美元的呼吁，以向洪水灾民提供紧急援助。
The UN and its humanitarian partners launched a $49.6 million appeal last month to provide emergency assistance to flood victims.
尼泊尔总理巴伦德拉·沙赫上月对联合国表示，洪水“向世界发出警示”，警示气候变化日益增长的危险。
Nepal's Prime Minister Balendra Shah told the UN last month that the flooding "was a warning to the world" about the growing dangers of climate change.